# Joe Orgeron

Joe Orgeron is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 54
- Serving since: 2020-07-30
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9002c3a7-c0d9-4112-ad34-e0c6fa909ce1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9002c3a7-c0d9-4112-ad34-e0c6fa909ce1 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Orgeron’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 50 donors and 879 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 95.0% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 90.7% (89%). 52 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 17 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 39. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 36 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 294: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes June 2, 2026, as National Mississippi River Day (introduced, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR294/
- HR 279: ENERGY: Recognizes the value of geothermal energy development in the state (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR279/
- HR 210: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April, 29, 2026, as Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association Day at the state capitol and commends the… (introduced, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR210/
- HR 197: ENERGY: Urges and requests the Public Service Commission to study distributed energy generation and storage (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR197/
- HR 163: COMMENDATIONS: Designates April 21, 2026, as Renewable Energy Day at the state capitol (introduced, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR163/
- HR 72: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Sophia Patout and Layla Porter on winning the Future Farmers of America building communities national championship award for their… (introduced, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR72/
- HB 805: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides for the standards of shipping containers for wines and distilled spirits (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB805/
- HCR 5: FISHING: Amends Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rules regarding red drum harvest (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR5/
- HB 855: FISHING/NETS: Establishes depth requirements for the commercial use of purse seines (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB855/
- HB 886: FISHING/COMMERCIAL: Provides for reporting and data collection for commercial menhaden fishing (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB886/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=54
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JosephOrgeronDistrict54/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephorgeronphd/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9002c3a7-c0d9-4112-ad34-e0c6fa909ce1